{"id":86418,"date":"2026-05-19T17:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/86418\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:50:10","slug":"new-berlin-veterans-memorial-honors-the-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/86418\/","title":{"rendered":"New Berlin Veterans Memorial honors the fallen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WISCONSIN \u2014 This week on the \u201cVoices\u00a0for\u00a0Veterans\u201d series, we spotlight the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NBVMS\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NBVMS\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Berlin Veterans Memorial Society<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mary Jane Whitty, president of the organization, joined Spectrum News to talk about NBVMS\u2019 mission to foster community-oriented stewardship and involvement that recognizes the value of the New Berlin Veterans past, present and future.<\/p>\n<p>The New Berlin Veterans Memorial site is located at the corner of Casper Drive and National Avenue in New Berlin, 16248 W. National Ave. Memorial bricks with engraved names at the site honor the fallen.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial is in the heart of the city and serves as a local gathering space for events such as the annual \u201cLight the Lights\u201d holiday celebration and \u201cFly the Flag\u201d Day.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Flag Day Celebration is scheduled for Friday, June 12 at 6 p.m. The ceremony recognizes the flag that flies proudly over New Berlin and our country. Those gathered can enjoy an Elegant Farmer Apple Pie social, complete with door prizes.<\/p>\n<p>In the fall, the annual New Berlin Veterans Memorial Society fundraiser will take place to support upkeep costs and improvements for the memorial. It\u2019s scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 24,\u00a0at the <a href=\"https:\/\/vfwpost5716.com\/\" title=\"https:\/\/vfwpost5716.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Berlin VFW post<\/a>. There will be raffle baskets, a live auction, dancing, music, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can volunteer and connect with the New Berlin Veterans Memorial Society:<\/p>\n<p>If you are a\u00a0veteran\u00a0organization looking to be featured, contact:\u00a0kailee.doherty@charter.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WISCONSIN \u2014 This week on the \u201cVoices\u00a0for\u00a0Veterans\u201d series, we spotlight the New Berlin Veterans Memorial Society.\u00a0 Mary Jane&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[46243,15604,112,190,46244,46245,38,2508,3070,44521,21450],"class_list":["post-86418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-app-honoring-our-veterans","tag-app-top-stories","tag-berlin","tag-germany","tag-kailee-doherty","tag-megan-carpenter","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-veterans","tag-vod","tag-wisconsin"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116602511350324397","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}